Stuntwoman and pilot die in US airshow crash

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Ms Wicker and the pilot, Charlie Schwenker, were killed in the crashThanh V Tran/AP

Rhys Blakely

Last updated at 4:23AM, June 23 2013

Two people died when a biplane carrying an amateur stuntwoman strapped to its
wing crashed and burst into flames in front of spectators at an air show in
Dayton, Ohio.

Video footage showed Jane Wicker sitting on the wing as the plane flew upside
down, close to the ground. The pilot, Charlie Schwenker, appeared to try to
right the Stearman biplane, but he lost control.

Than Tran, a spectator, said that he could see the look on Ms Wicker’s face
seconds before she died in the fireball. “She looked very scared,” he said.
“Then the airplane crashed on the ground.